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It’s been a long time in the making, but great fun – here it is, the Brownhills Blog New Year 2015 quiz. Get stuck in and see if you can win! Last year’s was a great success, so I’ve made this one a bit tougher and hopefully better…
Answers to most of the questions can be found in the past articles of this blog, my 365daysofbiking tumblr, or by going for a walk and exploring. I have included lots of reference questions, so that those living locally and those distant both have a fair crack.
Click for more….
In order to curtail the picture googlers amongst us, the pictures here are all original except for a couple.
Many questions can be answered using Google Streetview, too. Think laterally. Wikipedia may be handy, as will the search box on the right.
If an answer seems obvious, it probably is…
The quiz is now an annual tradition here. Have fun, and see what you can find.
This year, there is of course a case of Backyard Beer (or something nice to equal value if you’re a non-drinker) to the winner. But there is also an original copy of ‘Brownhills: A walk into history’ up for grabs (battered; but rare), as well as other local books and goodies.
To give everyone a sporting chance, comments will not open until 12 noon tomorrow, 31st December 2014. Answers will close at 9pm, Sunday 4th January 2015. If many remain unanswered, I’ll award the prize and leave the remainder open for spot prizes.
Points will be awarded to the first person to comment the correct answer to any question. All questions worth one point unless stated. After that, no points will be handed out for answering it again. I will tot up the scores as we go. Answers will only be accepted as comments to this post, and my decision will be open and final.
Remember to include the number of the question in your comment, otherwise it won’t be counted! Answers will only be accepted as comments here – any on Facebook, Twatter or via email will be ignored.
Don’t worry if your comment is held in moderation, I will take the submission time if necessary.
I don’t expect anyone to get lots right. I think the questions are diverse enough that a fairly low score might well win – so do have a go. If the result is a draw, I’ll hold a tie breaker. What form that will take will depend on the result. Please just take a punt, and have fun.
All images are local – that means Brownhills, Walsall Wood, Stonnall, etc.
Good luck!
Q1: Where is this detail above?
Q2:What was Superintendent Smith offered in 1951, and by whom?
Q3: Above, wrought ironwork I’m fairly sure survived the war effort. Where?
Q4: Finials apparently stop the devil from sitting on the roof. Which roof won’t Satan be sitting on here?
Q5: Fred J. Dixon was in deep discussion with G.H. Boulter in 1921. What about?
Q6: For a point, list me the locations of any four telephone boxes in Brownhills and Walsall wood that no longer exist.
Q7: A fine weathervane, and one I’d be proud to have. Where is it?
Q8: Double pillars. Where?
Q9: A happy lady wearing a remarkable hat. Who was she and what was the event?
Q10: According to Snape, how many houses and how many inhabitants were in ‘Bacon Street Ward’?
Q11: Where did I spot the above, brilliant nativity?Number and name of the place, please.
Q12: What bizarre mechanical failure did my bike suffer this spring, that I’d never seen before and I hope never to do so again?
Q13: The hill at the top of the Black Path as it leads to the A5 was known by my generation in the 60s & 70s by a different name. What was it?
Q14: Whose ad? What was their name and telephone number?
Q15: What text has been blanked out here?
Q16: Where did Doris go, and what must she take and wear?
Q17: Who is a ‘decent mate but an idle sod’?
Q18: The above is a monitoring borehole, where geeky technicians take water samples. Where is it? Approximate location sufficient.
Q19: Where is this concertina door?
Q20: An unusual faux-keystone. Where is it?
Q21: ‘He’s a nice lad, but he ay never right!’ – who?
Q22: What bizarre ‘celebration dinner’ took place at the Station Hotel in March, 1889?
Q23: An arched window. Where is it?
Q24: Where is this decaying parcel carriage?
Q25: Handsome twisted chimneys. What was the former use of the building they adorn, before it was a house?
Q26: Who, and what’s the date? This is the right way up and exactly as carved.
Q27: What briefly appeared at Chasewater this year?
Q28: What was the name of the Bassett Hound that was lost and found?
Q29: I reckon this is easy. What is it, and where?
Q30: Not so easy. What an where is the decaying metalwork above?
Q31: Who won the Solo Bahn record at Chasewater Stadium in 1977?
Q32: Who never saw their magpie again?
Q33: What (exact, please) distance is obscured?
Q34: When Gerald Reece came calling, who did I hope had the kettle warming up, and find myself wishing for cake?
Q35: This sign is unremarkable. It replaced an earlier one that was. Why?
Q36: Complex metalwork. Where?
Q37: A des-res smoking shelter. Where might I find it?
Q38: List me five members of the Red Lions tug of war team (1 point only!)
Q39: Where is Walter Jones’ grave?
Q40: Where is his building?
Q41: why did it have a round aperture?
Q42: Where did I spot a dummy goat?
Q43: Where is Ketch Field in Brownhills recorded?
Q44: What was lost. But what are the names obscured? (1 point only)
Q45: Where is the above indicator?
Q46: What does it indicate?
Q47: How much was spent on the treat for the choir?
Q48: A handsome gable end. Where did I see it?
Q49: What is this pipe for?
Q50: A gutter that will be familiar to many. Where is it?
Q51: Where is this roofline?
Q52: Who did a young Mick Stackhouse get into a fight with?
Q53: A well known doorway for some. Where is it?
Q54: What’s this?
Q55: Where did it come from?
Q56: It was maintained by the friends, but it doesn’t seem to have any anymore. Except me. What am I talking about?
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Q53. The Walsall Wood Primary School
Q35. The previous sign had an apostrophe incorrectly used
Q25. Stonnal, was previously a school house / school
Q19. Old Loading bay door at the back of Ravenscourt precinct
Q8. Silver Court Precinct
Q1. On the Display outside Farm Foods as you turn in towards the back of Tesco
Hi Peter
Q53 Ambiguous, can you elaborate please?
Q35 Nope
Q25 Nope, but you’re at the right end of the area
Q19 Yes! Well done
Q8 Yes! Another point
Q1 I’ll give you that, yes; it’s the coal narrowboat on the Brownhills Sign on the corner of Silver Street outside Farm foods
You have 3 points.
Q53. School at Streets Corner, old classroom that then went onto form part of the previous youth Club?
Q35. The sign stated Queens Street with an “s” and an apostrophe?
Q53 Yes! The magic words were Youth Club, which is how most of us remember it I think
Q35. No. The answer is out there 😀
You have 4 points
Q49. Levels of gas coming from the tip alongside the Vigo and Coppice Lane?
Not quite, but you’re in the right ballpark
5 Proposed sandhills pumping station
8 Silver Court (damn it, peter beat me)
12 Non drive side crank sheared on the pedal thread
16 Cleethorpes, emulsion, plenty of clothing
17 Train driver from the 2Fireman’s Song”
21 Matthew carter?
27 Rare black swan
31 Peter (?) Collins
35 There was a misspelling previously – formerley or formally?
42 Roof of the Wharf/Waterfront Flats off Marst street Walsall
46 Tell-tale to measure whether a crack in a wall is getting wider
52 John Powis
Q5 Need more detail please
Q8 🙂
Q12 Yes! Well done!
Q16 Yes! Brilliant!
Q21 Yes, extraordinary filmmaker behind Black Country Cinema
Q27 Yes!
Q31 No…
Q35 Yup – I’d expect you to get that
Q42 Yes. A plastic goat on the flat roof
Q46 Yes, a subsidence indicator
Q52 No, but I’m listening to why you gave that answer
Kate, 7 points!
Q38. Joey Butler, Dennis Devine, Tony Salt, Tony Birch, Trevor Burgess,
Well done, you have 5 points
Really, really surprised nobody has snatched q26
Q25. Previously a garage in Stonnall?
Yes, well done: on the corner of Main Street and Wall Heath Lane. The chimneys are not original, rebuilt in the 1990s I think when it was converted to a house.
You got 6 points
On 52, I got that from Mick’s blog. He mentioned John as his childhood friend who he had a fight with one day. I’ll try to find it again.
http://mickysix.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/kids-mothers-and-fights Gaaah, it doesn’t mention a date!
Ah, no, I was after a specific instance. It’s out there 🙂
Sorry
Bob
Q49. Levels of gas coming from the tip opposite Jockey Fields towards the Irondish?
It’s not the where, it’s the function…
Q29. Metal Formed artwork on the wall opposite the Warreners Arms? produced or designed by local school children?
Yes, well done. Always found them ugly, to be honest. Sorry.
49 – to control levels of methane and let methane out?
No, not really. It may help if I tell you it’s not connected in the picture.
here goes
6 phones..by Wessex close, opposite kiwi fit, shire oak junction, salters road. y laburnum road, walsall wood
8 silver court shops extension of
12 bost a spoke..Trevs on. shall of Trev who’s probably tiddly at the moment
18 Clayhanger by the sewage pump..
23 hall lane walsall wood new house by the billings canal
26 John smith lower stop all farm 1727 from memory
35 the canal bridge bottom of queen agree walsall wood was closed when the new flats were put up
40 the copy it winding house walsal wood
41 to allow the cable to pass one rom the drum to the winding hear
50 the alleyway by trevs barbers Walsall wood
tang Trev wants half of the beer if his answers wins. XXXX to that, mate
cheers
excellent quiz
David
I think there was a phone box at the jct of Chase Rd/Lichfield Rd too?
Yes there was. Easy opportunity to hoover up a point for someone?
I thought you had to name four to get the point? If not, 6! Lichfield Rd jct Chase Rd!
Heh! Your nemesis Mr. Dennis beat you to it. But you are winning…
Q6 – the one opposite Kwik-Fit still exists so I need another
Q8 – yes, taken by Peter
Q12 – nope, crank sheared as described by Kate who bagged that one
Q18 – nope
Q23 – no, and I’m surprised you haven’t recognised it
Q26 – wrong date
Q35 – Kate bagged that. The previous sign had a rather grim spelling mistake
Q40 – Yes! Bang on. Now a commercial unit
Q41 – Yes, correct
Q50 – wrong end of town, sorry
David, you have 2 points – a valiant effort, and my compliments to Trev!
31 O Ohlsen? It would help if i understood the scoring etc 🙂
Olsen
Nope. It’s quite clear if you read carefully. 😀
5 – Mr Boulter was concerned that the pumping station would adversely affect the borehole and well used by the brewery at Shire Oak. Is that enough?
Yes. I think if Claims Direct had existed in 1921, Mr. Boulter would have been a customer. I think he could smell compensation…
52 – I’ll try David Hollingsworth this time.
Nope! Aaarh!
Man, that guy had some fights as a kid!
He does seem to have been somewhat the pugilist. There is a specific instance in an article on this blog. Does that clear it up?
Mick’s hit rate on his blog must have gone crazy over the last few days. He feels like family now! I can’t find anything beyond his fight with David and his brother John then knocking him about on the way home for being a wuss.
Brilliant. Just the instance I was looking for.
Kate, you have 12 points!
Hi folks.
Currently indisposed, but good answers coming in. Keep going, I’ll tot up this evening!
Cheers
Bob
q26; Grange farm lower Stonnall 1747
Yes… and…
Q13 Hedgeside
Q6 Chester Road, near Anchor Inn, going towards Shire Oak, left side; outside Howdles Lane shops; Chase Road / Lichfield Road, by entrance to Avenues; opposite White Horse.
Yes – you’ve made a good start. You take Q6.
I’d forgotten the Hedgeside name for that area, us kids knew it as something else, but I’ll give you a point for that. Q13 is still open.
You have 2 points.
q26; i should of added John Smith
Well done Clive! Quite correct. i always wonder if the stonemason knew the N was backwards.
You have 1 point
Q27 Also a bewick’s swan (9 Dec – Chasewater Wildlife Group).
You bugger. I’ll give you a point for that too, then.
You have three points
q28 Narla
Excellent start, Caz. One point.
Sorry it was so abrupt but I’d only just spotted the quiz and my bath water was running. LOL
Q9. Lizzie Jackson, I believe – guest at wedding of Walter Yates and Annie Baker, 1910 – in These are not well-to-do folk.
Brilliant, bang on. Four points.
q8; Silver Court shops
q12; Nut on handle bars broke…lol
q19; loading bay at the back of Ravens Court
q53; Walsall Wood infant school (now youth club)
q49; water sampling well
Q8 – correct, taken by Peter
Q12 – many problems caused by the nut on the handlebars, but not this time!
Q19 – Yup, again pipped by Peter
Q53 – Yes, Peter nailed it again
Q49 – Yes, that’s what it is, but where?
You still have 1 point
56 – wild guess since the question was rather oblique – I’ll go with the old bowling green at Oak Park since you mention it quite often.
q56 – Good guess, but no. I like the thinking, though, and you’re on the right track
South Wigston station in Leicester from tumblr? It ain’t local though. If not, I’ll go for Kings Hill Fields in Darlo. ps I have now read enough of your digital presence to last me for years.
Yes, that’s it. I’ve always, always loved the flowers there; they are gorgeous, and this summer as you discovered, I found the ‘Maintained by the friends of South Winston Staion’ plaque, buried in the undergrowth.
Not I said all /images/ were local.
Cheers
Bob
Q43. Ketch Field is named on the 1840 tithe map featured in Tenths.
Yes, correct. Didn’t think anyone would get that. Well done!
5 points
Q3 Watling Street Primary School corner of The Parade and Watling Street. Railings where taken up and melted down during WWII, these survived
Hello Tony.
Correct! I think they’re the oldest, most interesting wrought ironwork in Brownhills. Well worth a look.
1 point
Q 14 M. W. Roberts 0543 374279
Yes, clearly a Gazette reader!
2 points
Q22 to honour L. Col. John Harrison losing the council election
No! Bad luck.
Q31 Anders Michanek in a time of 25.8 seconds
Correct! Kate clearly didn’t see the ‘winner’ line underneath the rider list!
3 points
*grumble*
Hah!
Q34 Brownhills debating society and you were hoping for battenburg
Yes! Spot on. This comes from a quote by Gerald Reece in the epilogue to ‘A walk into history’ where he says:
‘In the tradition of most local history writers, I have included a selection of deliberate mistakes. These are obligatory for the academic student to analyse and for the Brownhills Debating Society to expound upon over their cups on a rainy Sunday afternoon.’
Which is why I like Gerald so much.
4 points.
q40; Maybrook estate ( site of coppy pit)
q41; outlet for winding engine cable
Both quite correct – sadly beaten by David Evans.
Still on 1 point.
Q49. Collection and flaring of landfill gas. Vigo / Utopia?
Yes, I’ll give you that. It’s a borehole takeoff at the Vigo Utopia. Connected to a hose periodically and used to feed the gas turbine electricity generator to supply power to the grid from the landfill gas. Both Vigo Utopia and Highfields South harvest the gas this way. Both have featured on 365 days.
6 points
Q44; Ative Training; Ansapet Supplies; Saigon nails; Personel touch.
Yes, correct. I’ll allow you the typos.
2 points
Q51; St Johns Church, Walsall Wood
No, sorry
Q56; Brownhills Plaque dedicated to those that were involved in the wars
No, sorry, but good try.
Q54; Key stone from archway.
Yes, cock-on.
3 points.
Q51; Warreners arms, Brownhills
No, but you’re getting warmer…
Right – scores on the doors:
Kate – 9 points
Peter – 7 points
Andy Dennis – 6 points
Tony Jakeman – 4 points
Clive – 3 points
David Evans – 2 points
Caz – 1 point
A spreadsheet of the results is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjDyIBR-mN5YdFE0ZE5reGhIaFhnVzhJUEUtN2ZvZ3c&usp=sharing
It really is all to play for now. All these questions are still open:
Q2 Supt. Smith
Q4 Finial
Q7 Weathervane
Q10 Snape
Q11 Woolly nativity
Q13 Black path
Q15 Brownhills in bloom
Q18 Borehole location
Q20 Keystone
Q22 Celebration dinner
Q23 Arched window
Q24 Carriage
Q30 Decaying metalwork
Q32 Magpie
Q33 Distance
Q36 Complex metalwork
Q37 Shelter
Q39 Walter Jones
Q45 Indicator – where?
Q47 Treat for the choir
Q48 Gable end
Q50 Gutter
Q51 Roofline
Q52 Mick Stackhouse fight
Q55 Object’s origin
Q56 Friends
Really shocked that some haven’t gone, particularly Q2,Q4,Q10,Q20,Q23,Q32,Q36,Q47 & Q56
The answers are out there. I will give a bonus prize to anyone finding the Nativity, Walter Jones and the Borehole.
Come on, this could be anyone’s now…
Cheers for being good sports
Bob
Q23; Engine Lane, Chapel converted into dwellings
It’s not actually Engine Lane?
10 – I’ll try 89
No, there are exact figures and they’re in a post here!
15 A.E. Poxon’s? If not aaargh, that’s on one of them!
Nope 😀
Q23; Coppice Lane, Chapel converted into dwellings
Thank you! You’re now at 4 points.
The old Coppice Lane/Engine Lane thing is a point of local confusion!
22 A dinner was given in honour of Captain Harrison losing the Council election
Going to have to ask you to be more specific here… but nnnngggg.
grrrr! So I’ll go find it again then
Later in March of 1889 during a celebration dinner at the Station Hotel, given in honour of him losing the Council election, Captain WB Harrison was reported to have said…
‘…Brownhills and the immediate neighbourhood owed a great deal to the energy and pluck that his father displayed in that place, which at one time was practically a desert. It was perfectly true that his father introduced certain improvements to the workings of the collieries. His father had been a working man who rose from an humble origin, and entirely by his industry and perseverance acquired a position which any man might be proud of.’ (Cheers)
http://brownhillsbob.com/2014/06/15/an-electoral-deformity
Yup, Captain WB Harrison. Well done. Unfortunate comprehension error from Tony there…
You earned that point.
You’re now at 10 points!
I owed Tony that one for the wretched Solo Bahns one 😉
It made me smile, as when I was setting the question I spent a good 5 minutes trying to work out the winner myself. Something a bit illogical about the layout, I think.
Game on
Q47 10 shillings
Excellent! You’re now on 5 points. Surprised that didn’t go quicker
32 Dickie (who Audrey knew)
Yes! 11 points
Q45; Wilkin Inn, Brownhills West
No, but right end of the patch (ish)
Q32….Who never saw their magpie again?
At first I thought it may be Alan Pardew, but of course as Audrey Proffit tells us it was Dickie!
One for sorrow, two…
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/56603260
Give it to Kate, I just found my Magpie
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/113375930
Love those blue magpies! Gorgeous
Q37; Lichfield Library
No, it’s within Brownhills
Q2 A couple of pedal cycle rubbers that fell off the back of a lorry
Yes! 6 points.
Q2 Curious. Supt Smith made a statement in court, but the rubbers where offered to PC Dutton-Smith by an unnamed offender at the offenders home
You’re absolutely right, bad comprehension. You can have a point for that.
7 points
Q10 71 houses and 372 inhabitants
Well done. Recorded on the John Snape map here
https://brownhillsbob.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/snape-large.png
8 points
way way back up at the top Kate gave what I think is the right answer to Q17 but I don’t think you added the point
Yes, I did on the sheet at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjDyIBR-mN5YdFE0ZE5reGhIaFhnVzhJUEUtN2ZvZ3c&usp=sharing
Q4 The Valve house on top of Chasewater Dam is safe from Satanic intrusion thanks to the finial
Yes! Often see an owl perched up there at dusk. Surprised that lasted so long!
9 points
Current scores
Kate – 11 points
Tony Jakeman – 9 points
Peter – 7 points
Andy Dennis – 6 points
Clive – 4 points
David Evans – 2 points
Caz – 1 point
These questions are still for the taking
Q7 Weathervane
Q11 Woolly nativity
Q13 Black path
Q15 Brownhills in bloom
Q18 Borehole location
Q20 Keystone
Q24 Carriage
Q30 Decaying metalwork
Q33 Distance
Q36 Complex metalwork
Q37 Shelter
Q39 Walter Jones
Q45 Indicator – where?
Q48 Gable end
Q50 Gutter
Q51 Roofline
Q52 Mick Stackhouse fight
Q55 Object’s origin
Q56 Friends
Some of these I think are easy, and several could be solved with a stroll or ride around. The Nativity is in Walsall Woos. I am astounded q24 hasn’t gone. Lots of you pass it all the time. Likewise, q36 is very public as is q48.
This is anybody’s right now – thanks for the entries and cheers for being good sports
Bob
Q37. Hussey Arms?
No, but you’re in the right area
HI Bob
from Trev;-who is slumming it on an Australian beach temp 38C Poor chap!
q 36..the gate into Holland Park. near the libary…turnstile thing.
cheers
David
Yes! Well done Trev!
1 point!
HI Bob
q 37 shelter
by the Royal Exchange pub in Walsall Wood?
David
Wrong end of town! Bad luck…
Q20 The Wheel Inn Lindon Road
Yes! My respect to Clive who knew what that was (his book discusses it) but he left it for others.
Gentleman, right there!
You have 10 points
Q51 Park View Centre Brownhills. Picture taken from Chester Road North/Parade Bus stop, approximately
Well done. Didn’t think anyone would get that.
You have 11 points
Q15 St John’s Church Cemetery Brookland Road Walsall Wood. We visited Walter and Gertrude to find them
Well done. For the legwork, you win a spot prize. I’ll sort a selection of books over the weekend you can choose from. Impressed. You got the number wrong, but just once, I’ll let it pass…
You have 12 points.
Q15 sliver award Brownhills in Bloom
Q24 carriage Maybrook
Q55 Brick from St John’s school
Hi Lynn
Q15 – you’re nearly there
Q24 – nope, but that way on
Q55 – correct! Well done, you have 1 point
Q18 next to canal
No, as a clue it’s not in the region of the canal, more beyond the start of the canal.
37 I’ll guess The Crown
Nope. Not a pub. I was surprised to find it where I did.
39 – shamelessly stolen from Tony who got the number wrong – St John’s Church cemetery in Brookland Road
Nice try, but for doing the running I had to give him that!
And you made me sweat over Mr Boulter, you git!
Yeah, but Boulter was a google. They must have been cemetery hunting, because it was near the back…
Cheers
Bob
Q13; The spot
Q33; 6 miles
Q37; Hussey Arms
Q13 nope
Q33 You’re just over 25% short. This is an opportunity for someone to follow the track
Q37 Nope, but you’re in the neighbourhood
Q37; Smithy forge
Nope, not a pub
Q37 Soldier of Mutton
Q56 Brownhills common
Q37 – nope, see above. You’re all nearby.
Q56 – no
Q13 Back Path
Q15 A.E. Poxons
Q13 No, that little hill had it’s own nickname. Wondering if it was very specific to an age
Q15 No, but again, in the neighbourhood
Q37. Not sure why I think this might be right, but round the back of Wilko / Specsavers?
No, you’re all circling it
Current scores – last year’s champion Tony takes the lead!
Tony Jakeman – 12 points
Kate – 11 points
Peter – 7 points
Andy Dennis – 6 points
Clive – 4 points
David Evans – 2 points
Caz – 1 point
Trev in Aus – 1 point
Lynn – 1 point
These questions are still for the taking
Q7 Weathervane
Q11 Woolly nativity
Q13 Black path
Q15 Brownhills in bloom
Q18 Borehole location
Q24 Carriage
Q30 Decaying metalwork
Q33 Distance
Q37 Shelter
Q45 Indicator – where?
Q48 Gable end
Q50 Gutter
Q52 Mick Stackhouse fight
Q56 Friends
Cheers for playing along!
Bob
Q33 8.5
OK. Where is it?
15 Silver gilt?
Nope
Sorry
37 The Memo?
Nope, you’re getting further away
37 aaaaarghhhhh! If not a pub then I’ll go with Aldi, Tesco or Wilkos!
Nope. There are … other … social meeting places in the immediate locality
I’ve studied your excellent quiz questions in detail and can’t answer a single one of them, so good luck and respect to the winner. Hard work MrB, good stuff.
To be fair, several outstanding can be resolved using either 365 days or the blog’s own search boxes
One or two require going and physically looking
the remainder – probably local knowledge, or Streetview
Cheers
Bob
Q33 Coppice Lane
You are correct. Your street view skills are ace. But… it wasn’t actually that sign.
I noticed today, that both the Coppice Lane One, and the one on Bradford Road pointing down the ginnel were the same distance. I chose the one on Bradford Road because it wasn’t clear on Streetview.
Well done!
You have 13 points.
Q37 Brownhills Activity Centre
Yes. At last. Again, not visible on STreetview. Was surprised they had one at all.
14 points
45 – Chasewater – the dam cottage. I don’t even like to think what some FBI guy is making of my search for brownhill bob crack
Yes – Well done. If Bob’s crack is causing trouble, I’ll pull my jeans up
12 points
Q56 Abandoned Methodist Church King’s Hill near Darlaston
http://brownhillsbob.tumblr.com/post/89202557228/june-18th-back-in-leicester-and-a-better-look – Kate beat you to it
24 Clayhanger Road?
Getting colder
Q52 Did he have a fight with Mr Stringer the Clayhanger Kid?
No, but Kate got that one
Q18 One of 8 boreholes in Woodfield Drive/Woodfield Close/Hednesford Road Norton Canes sunk by Cannock Chase District Council to monitor water quality over an old landfill site
Nope, but excellent google skills evident there
Q18 Borehole monitoring water quality on former landfill site at Brownhills Road/Walsall Road Norton Canes
Nope
Q18. Chasewater dam?
Yes. Bingo! Well done Andy.
It’s actually very visible; it’s at the back of pool cottages between the new road and the dam; there are several in the area and I’m not sure if they’re related to the dam or the drift shaft that was below.
Q24 Walsall Road Walsall Wood next to Motor city, opposite Hall Lane and Select windows
You got it. How did you spot it? It used to be Autocraft’s paint store when they had the workshop there; it’s all that remains
From memory I knew the van but couldn’t remember the location. Its just visible on Google Earth if you know its there, can’t see it on Streetview.
Well done!
Q11 51 Brookland Road. House called Naneth
Worth a special prize – correct. How on earth did you get that? And isn’t it ace?
Its brilliant. Talking to the locals someone said they’d seen a house with knitted angels in the window “somewhere up there” Then it was down to legwork.
Bostin. Love the bunches on the angels and the wee sheep. Spotted by chance and I just knew it had to be a question.
Q15 Walsall Housing Group. Outside Farmfoods, Corner of High street/Silver street brownhills
Nope, wrong one
Q13 The Knob or Nob or Nub.
No, that was the old slag heap on Wyrley Common
Q50 Watling Street Primary School
Hmm closer
Q24;just off engine lane in meadow!
Nope, but good answer all the same. Tony beat you to it.
Q11 Walsall Wood library
Q50 Beechtree Road old Doctors surgery
Both great answers, but no, sorry…
q45 The indicator is on the wall of Tina and Carls house by the dam at Chasewater, and is there to monitor a crack in the wall to see if it is deteriorating.
Cheers Fred. Sadly Kate beat you to it, but well done – spot on
Q15 Brownhills Town Centre Partnership Investing in Brownhills CIC? GIC? High Street Brownhills
You been to look? Excellent. CLC but the font is horrid. Well done.You must be doing some walking.
We were out and about a few hours yesterday and today. Been asking around as well, and keep being told to ask this bloke Brownhills Bob, he’ll know the answers
Q50 gutter Clayhanger Methodist Church
No! Clue: it’s not far from the Miner Island
Q45 Home!
Hah!
Q33; 7 1/2 miles
Sorry old fellow, that one’s gone; 8 ½ miles
Q33; 4 1/2 miles
Right – scores on the doors:
Tony Jakeman – 17 points
Kate – 14 points
Peter – 7 points
Andy Dennis – 7 points
Clive – 4 points
David Evans – 2 points
Caz – 1 point
Lynn – 1 point
Trev in Aus – 1 point
A spreadsheet of the results is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjDyIBR-mN5YdFE0ZE5reGhIaFhnVzhJUEUtN2ZvZ3c&usp=sharing
These last few questions are still open:
Q7 Weathervane
Q13 Black path
Q30 Decaying metalwork
Q48 Gable end
Q50 Gutter
I’ll drop some clues:
Q7 and Q50 are near other questions.
Q13: maybe the logical end of a path
Q30: Double-barrelled machinery
Q48: On the frontier
Cheers for being good sports
Bob
Q48 Bethany Cottage Barracks Lane Walsall Wood
Walsall Wood? Oops. Brownhills/Sandhills? Hoardland?
Hah! Yes, correct. I’d call it Springhill, or Ogley Hay myself, maybe even Warenhouse.
18 points
Q50 Smithy’s Forge
Nope!
Q50 Brownhills activity centre
Yes! Well done. Thought some of the old pupils might recognise it; it runs down the outside of the old exterior toilet block.
You win a special prize for that.
You have 2 points
Q7 Roof of a garden arbor in the rear garden of 248 Main Street Stonnall, visible from Church Road
Yes. How on earth?
19 points.
Q7 Pelsall Road?
Nope, Stonnall; Tony beat you to it!
Q13; A5 End
Q30; Carvers, engine lane
Q48; Old vicarage (st James) Ogley Hay
Nope, on all counts – sorry
Q50; job centre, Brownhils high street
Nope – but got guess, actually. Well observed.
Q50; Brownhills central school
Yes – sadly Lynn beat you to it
Q13; Black patch end
Nope
Q13 back path
Nope
Q50 Walsall Wood school
You already got that one….
Q50 St John’s Church
You’re sorted.
Q50 Brownhills library
And again.
Right, people. Just 2 questions left.
Q13 What was the name for the hill at the top of the Black Path? What might one come across on a public footpath?
Q30 Decaying metalwork. It’s part of a highly visible machine, which I think still works. It’s part, certainly, of Brownhills industrial history, and it’s two tone blood & custard with a double-barrelled name.
Cheers for being good sports
Bob
Q13 The stile?
Yes! I have no idea where the name comes from, or how long it was in use. Certainly in the 70s/80s – 8 points
I have no idea either, just went with the clue. I was on the phone to my sister at the time and she has no recollection of the name. When I was a kid, “over the stile” meant the stile at the end of Pavior’s Row, which was on the way to my auntie’s house in Chasetown.
The other similar reference was the “seven stiles” which was the route to Hammerwich Church from just above the Triangle.
Anyway, an excellent quiz. Hours of fun (and a certain amount of frustration)!!!
Happy New Year to you and all of your followers.
Cheers, Andy. It might have been a kids thing, dunno. The Hedgeside reference was good though, too.
Happy new year old chap. Your roads post will be up this week sometime. Top Work!
Cheers
Bob
Q30 Rushton Bucryus dragline excavator at Swan Works Pelsall Road Clayhanger. Looked at it the other day after checking out the smoking shelter at the Swan and didn’t make the connection. Vintage heavy metal
You got it. It was still changing position regularly (say, once a month) up until a year or so ago. Not noticed it since; I know Potclays are still collecting small amounts of clay there, so it may be used for that. It’s an antique and I remember it in my childhood.
It’s the one thing if you search for Urban Exploration Brownhills you’ll get loads of photos of!
With 20 points, that makes you the two-year reigning champion!
Thanks everyone, for being good sports.
Stay tuned for results post, coming later!
Well done
Bob
I only ever drive down Pelsall Road, the proximity of the canal bridge means I’m always looking ahead and never see more of the works than the signs at the entrance. Its a brilliant piece of plant, it would be a shame if the decay was allowed to continue.
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